New Forensic Details From the Idaho Student Murders - Part 2

About this episode

The episode discusses new forensic details and eyewitness accounts related to the Idaho Student Murders case.

When four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered in their Moscow home, investigators faced a nightmare. DNA evidence from the crime scene pointed nowhere, leaving the case cold. Detectives turned to a surviving roommate’s eyewitness account and cutting-edge forensic DNA technology to generate new leads in real time. Could this breakthrough uncover the truth about one of the most shocking college murders in recent history? America’s Crime Lab is a true crime podcast about how science solves cold cases, missing persons, and other unsolved cases. Hosted by journalist and clinical psychologist Elin Lantz Lesser, and powered by Othram’s forensic DNA lab, the show connects the science to the story, revealing what really happens in the lab and why it matters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Elin Lantz Lesser

Topics covered

• forensic science
• cold cases
• true crime
• DNA evidence
• investigation
• murder

Keywords

• forensic DNA
• Idaho murders
• cold case
• eyewitness account
• true crime podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Othram, iHeartPodcasts, Kaleidoscope

Places: Idaho, Moscow

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